provided by the Stewart brothers. Exactly how much was invested in this work is not known, but it was an appreciable sum. It was in January 1906 that Stewart met a man who was to have a profound influence upon his life. This man was T. C. (for Thomas Corwin) Horton. The cir cumstances that brought them to gether are interesting indeed. As early as 1894 Stewart's pastor at Immanuel Presbyterian Church had asked Stewart to contact pos sible prospects for the position of assistant pastor. While attending a conference at Niagara, Stewart dis cussed the matter with several prominent ministers who were at tending the conference. Most of the ministers recommended T. C. Horton as the best man available for the position. However, upon his return to Los Angeles, Stewart found that the church had decided not to call an assistant at that time. Again in 1905 the question was taken up by the church, and Stew art, remembering the splendid recommendations in reference to T. C. Horton, presented his name to the church. This was during the Chapman Evangelistic Campaign in Los Angeles and several of the leaders of Immanuel Church made inquiries of some of the evangel ists who were assisting in the meetings as to a suitable man for the position of assistant pastor. Without knowing that others were being asked the same question, each of these men recommended T. C. Horton. The church then authorized Stewart to correspond with Horton. After considerable correspondence Horton accepted the position at Immanuel Presby terian ChOrch. He arrived in Los
Angeles from Dallas in J anuary 1906. On hand to greet him was Oilman Stewart. This was the be ginning of an association that was to have a profound influence on evangelical Christian work in the West. T. C. Horton was born August 3, 1848 in Cincinnati, Ohio. While still a young man, he gave his life to the Lord and became very active in church and Sunday school work. Later he moved to Indianapolis where he went into business and became very successful, with an income three times as large as that which he afterwards received in Christian service. He gave up his business to enter Christian work, taking a position as the Secretary of the Indianapolis YMCA. He was called to that position by a busi ness men's prayer group of which Benjamin Harrison, afterwards president of the United States, was a member. Horton was 27 years old at the time. It was here that he met Dr. A. T. Pierson, with whom he later served as an asso ciate pastor and a man who greatly influenced his life. From Indianapolis Horton went to Saint Paul in 1883 to do mission work for the Hope Presbyterian Church (now the Goodrich Ave nue Presbyterian). A year later he received a call to Bethany Presby terian Church, Philadelphia, where he served for four years as asso ciate pastor with Dr. A. T. Pierson. Horton did not have formal theo logical training and while he was in Philadelphia he spent some time every day in systematic Bible study under the direction of Dr. Pierson. These four years of study under a great man were a rich ex perience for Horton and bore fruit
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